Dream Weaver Collection | Largest Gallery of Art-to-Wear in USA
Ranked #670 in Local, #62,892 overall
Art Couture on The Circle
When you step into Dream Weaver Collection on St Armands Circle in Sarasota on the west coast of Florida, you feel as though you've entered an art gallery. And you are right!
The Dream Weaver Collection showcases fiber art and jewelry designed for wearability yet also created as a serious and unique artistic statement.
Dream Weaver Collection presents more than 50 top North American fiber artists and designers to discriminating fashionistas in Sarasota and Martha's Vineyard. The largest gallery of fine Art-to-Wear in the country, the store helps women showcase their personality in art couture.
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Dream Weaver Collection
ST. ARMANDS CIRCLE
364 St. Armands Circle
Sarasota, FL 34236
Telephone 941.388.1974
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Telephone 508.627.9683
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St Armands Circle Location
Generous sized showroom allows shoppers to choose from a variety of artist works. Photo: Louis Wery
About Dream Weaver
- Under the Dream Weaver's Spell | Sarasota Magazine
- "I can't believe I've lasted this long in the fashion business and kept my sanity," McKeon quipped as she celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Dream Weaver Collection with longtime supporters of her Art to Wear concept.
- O-So-Marvelous Ready for the Inaugural Ball? We shop Mrs. O's designers in Sarasota | Sarasota Magazine
- Maria Pinto, the Chicago-based designer whose trunk shows have played annually to standing room only crowds at Dream Weaver on St. Armands Circle and will do so on January 22 and 23 -- right after the inauguration. What timing! Michelle Obama wore Pinto's clothes way before the campaign began, and Pinto may well be in the running. Dream Weaver's founder Joan McKeon says the collection is a hit in Sarasota because it's the essence of urban chic. "Our customers get it [urban chic]: they're sophisticated women who travel - we don't sell to kids," McKeon explained.
Artful Windows
Maria Pinto
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HCTV- Chicago's focus on fashion Macy's show
For more show information, go to http://www.hairandclothingtv.com Fashion show with Lara Miller, Maria Pinto, Katrin Schnabl, Kent Neilsen, Michelle Tan & Orlando Espinosa reported by Hair and Clothing Television.
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Yeohlee Tang | House of Yeohlee
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Paul Sisti
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Paula Lishman
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TNNA Yarn Group Fall Fashion Show 2008, Groups 10-15
TNNA Yarn Group Fall Fashion Show, Groups 10 — 15 Group 10 from Cherry Tree Hill and Knitting Pure and Simple A) Baby Doll Tunic designed by Debbie ONeil knit in Supersock from Cherry Tree Hill. Pattern available in a new book from Cheryl Potter. B) Tumbling Triangles Rhuana from Cherry Tree Hill knit in Supersock. C) A-Line Swing Coat designed by Diane Soucy from Knitting Pure & Simple knit in Mountain Colors Merino Ribbon. Group 11 from Vogue Knitting A) Dress designed by Twinkle using Soft Chunky yarn from Twinkle by Wenlen for Classic Elite Yarns. B) 100% Shetland Island Lace Cardigan designed by Nikki Epstein knit in Cashmere from Trendsetter Yarns. In upcoming "Knitting on Top of the World" by Nikki Epstein. C) Wrap designed by Angela Hahn knit in Trendsetter Yarns' Journey Alpaca. Group 12 from JCA and Gardiner Yarn Works A) Cricket mock turtle neck designed by Gayle Bunn knit in blend of Wool and Rayon from JCA. 35) Textured Coat designed by Deborah Newton for JCA knit in Soft Sea Worsted wool. 36) Mans sweater designed by Chrissy Gardiner of Gardiner Yarn knit in Mission Falls 1820 cotton. Group 13 from Classic Elite Yarns A) V-neck cardigan and caplet designed by Carrie Bostick Hoge knit in Moorland, a new Marly Tweed, and Aspen for Classic Elite Yarns Autumn Book 1. B) Vest designed by Veronik Avery knit in Fresco. C) Embrace Cardigan designed by Joelle Meier Rioux knit in 100% Cashmere. Group 14 from Fur Yarn by Paula Lishman and Jojoland International A) Chinchilla Yarn Dress designed by Paula Lishman knit in ombre navy Chinchilla fur and black silk. B) Chinchilla Yarn Vest designed by Paula Lishman knit in natural Chinchilla fur and silk. C) Winter Wrap designed by Lijuan Jeng for Jojoland International knit in Jojoland's Rhythm color Sunflowers. Group 15 from Universal Yarns A/B) V-neck cardigan designed by Susan Wolcott knit in Deluxe Worsted Wool and Fibra Natura in Shephards 100% natural Un-Dyed Wool by Universal Yarns. (See sweater on right for example of alternative colors.) Patterns available from Y2Knit. C) Semi-Cape Pullover designed by Helen Hamann knit in Fibra Naturas Sensational Merino and Kid Mohair.
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Marilyn Arnold Palley
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Marilyn Arnold Palley creates wearable sculptures that she also refers to as Totems. This fascinating artist talks about her process of "connecting instincts" from working with raw materials to the shaping and balance between the object, wearer and observer.
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Wooden Ships & Iron Men: The Maritime Art of Thomas Hoyne
By Reese Palley and Marilyn Arnold Palley
Wooden Ships & Iron Men: The Maritime Art of Thomas Hoyne
Amazon Price: $40.46 (as of 12/31/2009)![]()
Tom Hoyne worked as a successful artist in advertising when, in mid-life, he received a cancer diagnosis. Despite the prediction that he had two years to live, Hoyne lived for 17 more years, during which he produced some of the most dramatic paintings of America's maritime past. This volume represents the first full presentation of Hoyne's work and includes more than 100 reproductions. many portraying the beauty of the fishing schooners and the terrors and hardships on the waters of the notoriously inhospitable Grand Banks. Also includes background and technique.
About Wearable Art
Also known as Artwear or "art to wear"
:See also art jewelry.
Wearable art, also known as Artwear or "art to wear", refers to individually designed pieces of (usually) hand-made clothing or jewelry created as fine or expressive art. While the making of any article of clothing or other wearable object typically involves aesthetic considerations, the term wearable art implies that the work is intended to be accepted as a serious and unique artistic creation or statement. Pieces may be sold and/or exhibited. The modern idea of wearable art seems to have surfaced more than once in various forms. Marbeth Schon's book on modernist jewelry (see the section on jewelry below) refers to a "wearable art movement" spanning roughly the years 1930 to 1960. A 2003 New York Times review of a book on knitting refers to "the 60s Art to Wear movement". [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F02E3DD143CF937A35756C0A9659C8B63&&scp=1&sq=%22art%20to%20wear%20movement%22&st=cse]
Most wearable art is made of fibrous materials and constitutes therefore a branch of the wider field of fiber art, which includes both wearable and non-wearable forms of art using fabric and other fiber products. Wearable art as an artistic domain can also of course include jewelry, or clothing made from non-fiber materials such as leather, plastic sheeting, metals, etc.
Modernist Jewelry 1930-1960: The Wearable Art Movement (Schiffer Book for Collectors)
By Marbeth Schon
Modernist Jewelry 1930-1960: The Wearable Art Movement (Schiffer Book for Collectors)
Amazon Price: $44.07 (as of 12/31/2009)![]()
The primary reference book for art jewelry of the mid-20th century.
More about Art Jewelry & Wearable Art
- Art Jewelry Forum | Advocate for Contemporary Studio Art Jewelry
- A non-profit collectors group, focused on the field of contemporary artist-made jewelry.
- Farlang Gem & Diamond Foundation
- Farlang Gem & Diamond Foundation would like to offer students, educators, the discerning public, and those in industries or institutions associated with geology and gemmology, the opportunity to research and continuously learn about our fascinating planet and its exceptionally creative artisans through the Earth's most prized riches.
- Montana World of WearableArt
- Wearable Art competition in New Zealand
- Port Moody Wearable Art Awards | Canadian and International Artists
- Presented by the Port Moody Arts Centre Society, the Wearable Art Awards encourage local, Canadian and international artists of all mediums to submit evocative, imaginative and thought provoking creations for the human body.
- Sacred Valley Fund: Home Page
- The Sacred Valley Fund: Wearable art from the heart of the Andes.
- Supica Jeweled
- Supica Jeweled features one of a kind, handcrafted works of art you can wear or display in your home. No two are alike, making them a unique gift!
- Wildlife Designer Clothing | Ro London's Sacred Fish Collections
- The range includes wildlife gold embroidered patterns in swimwear and luxury cruise resort wear, daring bedroom coordinates, wildlife prints and wildlife music to complement each beautiful endangered species design. The Silkprints are highly colorful, fine detailed figurative wildlife motifs printed
Form & Function: American Modernist Jewelry, 1940-1970
By Marbeth Schon
Form & Function: American Modernist Jewelry, 1940-1970
Amazon Price: $47.24 (as of 12/31/2009)![]()
More than 50 collectors and living art jewelers lent some of the best examples of this innovative style. Features Sculptors Alexander Calder, Harry Bertoia, Jose de Rivera, Peter and Daniel Macchiarini, Earl and Tod Pardon, and Merry Rank among the 96 artists, along with their extensive jewelry creations. Their experimental work stimulated originality in successive generations.
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- I may dress like a penguin for Sarasota's more formal occasions but an artful tie redeems my conformity. I wore a vintage Nicole Miller necktie to the recent opening of La traviata at Sarasota Opera. Friends commented that it was just the ticket for the evening!
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